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South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1887-11-18

whisper TO ole man Gibson that be.
lieyed Mamie was fxin' to run of with
the skewl master, an 'visc1 him to keev
| a sharp look out for 'em an to sa,
! nothin' bout il to Mamie.
You see we planned il in this way.
George wus to git boss an buggy, and
be at the Gibson house a little AFTER mid
night. wus to slip out an Jump ir
the buggy, an we'd light out with ole
man Gibson follerin', an let Nannie':
beau take her of in peace.
Well, George cum long with the
buggy an jumped in, and we struck
out for Hawsvillc, which was good ter
mile off
Ole man Gibson was the maddest mar
you ever see. He jumped on his ole
boss, an took after US a yellin' an q
shootin'. We hadn't calkerlated on the
shootin part, an so we driv like al
possessed.
Nannie's beau cum'long arter her with
paw and NAV. They went to James
town, which was right tother way frum
Hawsville
II wus gettin' on to'ards daybreak
when George an me got to town. We
stopped the buggy au waited fer ole
man Gibson to cum up.
George turns round an sesee: "Whut
air you runnin' an shootin at us
fer?"
Ole man Gibson jist looked like q
goose fer spell; then sesee: "whar's
Nannie?'
"She's married by this time, I reckon -
ses |. "My paw and maw's seein' her
all safe"
AT this, ole man Gibson whipped out
his six-shooter an pinted it at George,
an sesee, "Now git right long to the
clerks offus. You'n Liza AIMS got to
git married afore you leave this town. y
George WIS skeert nigh to death.
Sesee, 'TMr. Gibson, Liza Ann haint sed
she'd marry me yit!"
You haint axed her yit," hollered
ole man Gibson, still a pintin' his
shooter.
wus tickled all over, fer I'd bin a
wantin' George all long, but 'twant nv
place to AK him to hev me. But the fun
NV 1t wur this, my paw didn't like
George, an he sed | shouldn't marry
him. Paw he'd sot his heart on me n
marryin' ov 10 Stubs, green-eyed
dandy who'd loant him six bits onct.
but liked George an | knowcd AT
George liked me-
We'll, the up shot ov it wus George
an me lost no time in gittn' married.
Then ole man Gibson sed he'd hurry
home an hev Mrs. Gibson fix up a good
dinner fer all NV us. He lowed't he'd
3ot bout even with paw
When George an me got back to the
ole man Gibsonses, thar wus Mamie m
her ole man looking cs happy es two
doves.
Ole man Gibson hadn't told the news
yit, so none on 'em knowed t George
and me was married.
well, SIR laughed paw, ''we got
ahead on EN- all, didn't WEI"
ole man Gibson jumped up an said,
you bet we did! Mister Sanders,
low me to introduce you to Mr.. and
Mrs. Pyne!'
Law paw was so mad for while that
| oot kinder Sknryt Pr. ,l,o, I'll -.
to jokin' him an he soon got over his
mad fit.
We he'd big shindig tibet night, an
paw danced the first set with Mamie,
an ole man Gibson lie danced the first
set with me.
So, you see, thct's the way we come
to hey double weddin', an we was
all satisfied 80 Inter Ocean.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1887-11-18

An Italian physician has been study
ing the differences between the manner
of walking of honest men and criminals
He finds that in honest people the right
pace is longer than the left, the lateral
separation of the right foot from the
median line is less than that of the left,
and the angle of deviation of the axis of
the foot from a straight line is greater
on the right side than on the left. In
thieves, he declares, there is pro-
nounced widening of the base Of the
support together with a very long step,
while in assassins, the base OF support is
not as wide as it is in thieves, since the
angle formed by the axis of the foot with
the median line is less obtusc. 1t would
be interesting to know something about
the widening of the basis of support of q
drunkard, and undoubtedly, the angle
formed by the axis of the foot with
the median line would be very acute in
deed in his case.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1887-11-18
4 Tcru Small Riemfsh.

Mother go daughter Clara, doesn't
that young Mr. Smith, who was so at
tcntive to you last evening, toe in a
trihe2
Daughter didn't notice IL mamma
/ understood he is worth 5000 900
--LNew York sun,
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1887-11-18
Publisher.
Popular faith Is being nailed to hyr

Popular faith is being nailed to hyp-
notism in France. where all kinds Of
ailments aud pecu!iarities arc now being
treated by the mesmcrists. The cure Of
drunkenness has been attempted by
what is called suggestion, the patient,
while under CONTROL" being ordered to
abstain from all intoxicants, aud success
is said to have been achieved.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1887-11-18
Sessions of the Ooul.ts

S0SSkSsAAo ~ WIG &<ON4 ~
Circuit Court. l3th Judicial Circcit. Hon
James ID. Armstrong, Presidiug -r~ns -
gin 40 folio o:
Grant County -Foarth ruesday 10 March.
6pt Tuesday in Juae and third raesiAy Ia
October
Hampshire County -first ruesday in Feb.
rasry, second Tuesday ia Nay aa4 third
ruesday in Septembsr.
Hardy U9u7ty --Seeoad Tuesday Ia March
last Tuesday in Nay and 6rst Tuesday In
October.
Mineral County,. Second Tuesday in Jan-
1ar-. fourth raesdsy ia April and 6rst Tues
day in september.
Psndleton coqnty..Second Wednesday in
April, "Wednesday after second Tuesday in
June. and 6rst Wednesday 10 November.
County Court Of Hampshire County. John
r. Vance. President l.. d. Schnibbe and r.
d Powell Commissioner >; Q. y. White. Clerk
The regular sessions are held beginning on
the fret Tuesday in January, April aud 0c-
tober, and 4th Tuesday in July.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1887-11-18

About eleven thousand patriots Of th,
Revolution persisted on board the horri
bic prison ship Jersey during The Eng
lish occupancy Of New York.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1887-11-18

Two hundred and fifty thousand per
sons persisted in Antioch by the earth
quake 526.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1887-11-18

The Star Chamber tribunal in England
WIS instituted IN The third year of th,
reign OF Horny VII, and abolished ir
l1c sixteenth year OF the reign o.
Charles J.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-02-07
A GOOD Investment

Anyone who mas ever dealt in lands.
knows that no investment Of money will
So surely aud quickly Weld return, as
such II venture If carefully made. To
the absolute safety O. a government
bond, is added profit fa- in excess of
rate of interest which can be obtained
on any safe loan. In Kansas and Neb-
raska especially lands are raising in value
very rapidly and with steady growth
which gives assurance OF stability. The
good season and the great tide of immi>
grafton into these states has made invest
meut there doubly safe and desirable.
The climate Of Southern Nebraska and
of Kansas, free as it is from the long
RIGOROUS cold winter, added to a soil
unsurpassed for richness and productive
capacity, has made possible the wonderful
development Of these states. To the far
mer they hold out special Inducements.
Cheap land. easy term of purchase. good
markets and varied products enable him to
own bis farm at a smaller cost and with less
labor than is required to pay rent for the
land he occupies here. or the interest on
the money he has invested in it.
If YOU are looking for q safe place to
Invest money. where it will pay you a
large and sure profit, or if you are farGl-
er and want a farm Of Your own, call on
ne and see " hat have to offer. Will
make the visit profitable to you. Ofice
over American Express Office, Rock Is
land. I'll SAvILLE JOHNSTON
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-02-07

For three years the French war authori-
ties have been steadily planning and care
fully considering a new weapon for the
army, and now at last they have solved
the great problem. Germany had set her
self TO the task long ago-France has had
the benefit of her experiences and rejects
her model. Two desiderata were always
before the French inventor-to increase
the range and reduce the caliber. Re
peating rifles were not, on the whole, in
great favor. Experience showed that in
battle soldiers. and especially young sol
diers. had e tendency to fire too quickly. A
little elaboration was aevanta Ceous, and
reloading gave time for that. The caliber
of the German rifle is eleven millimeters,
the French have reduced theirs TO eight,
gaining considerably at the same time in
the length Of their range. The cartridge
is of quite novel form, wide in the end
where the powder is lodged, but in the
front narrowing considerably. The bull
let Is long and narrow, with penetrating
power pronounced officially by French
surgeons as capable of giving very cor
rect wounds. This correctness shows
itself from the clean perforation of bones
instead of leaving them splintered and
smashed The diminution in the weight
Of the bullet enables the soldier 10 carry
100 cartridges instead of 7s,-Boston
Transcript
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-02-07
Wine that Procrastinates.

The trouble with the domestic wine that
has supplanted whisky in Atlanta is its
proCTaStination- II puts off until To-
morrow the drunk il should bring to-day.
Few things were quicker on trigger than
the whisky with which Atlanta was wont
to whoop herself up. 1t makes you drunk
with prnmptness and exactness. The
domestic wine, on the other hand, IS
vague and uncertain. You don know
when to take it on, =" said moderate
drinker: if you load up on Saturday it is
Just as apt as not to tangle YOU mp in
church on Sunday comprehended a
bottle the other day and went to dine with
nv wife's mother the next day Don I
Won think, the fool thing took hold of me
right there. and ! had to prop myself to
keep from sliding under the table. When
a man loads up with this domestic wine
he oughtn't to make an engagement until
he has had its drunk ont 1t may want
a week. but it is dead sure 10 trip you be
fore it gives up ATLANTA Constitution
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-02-07
One of BoIivia's Capitals.

The city Of Sucre is located on plateau
$500 feet above the sea. Its climate is
very even all the year round, and is con-
sidered the healthiest in Bolivia Sucre
has much more modern dress than Po-
tosi or any other town of Bolivia. The
inhabitants are the wealthiest in the
country. Partly owing to the fine eli
mate and partly because il is centrally
located for several leading mining and aGri-
cultural districts, lines of telegraph connect
this place with mines Many residents
Of this place have been educated abroad,
mostly in France. and the ladies dress
quite stylishly / saw a number Of grand
pianos here, but hardly decent store
The surrounding mountains, though not
much higher than the location of the
town. are sufficient 10 keep of heavy
winds
The mails 90 out once q week in all di-
rections. Before the mail closes an Indian
makes the round If the place footing a
horn. which gives sound like the Indian
war cry-dismal. sharp and long drawn.
This Is a notice TO the people 10 hurry up
with their correspondence. This Is ne
cessity, as in these countries 10 hurry up
is to be undignitied Nothing Is done pre-
cipitately. SuCre is at present the capital,
the seat Of government being periodically
divided between La Paz. Cochahamha
and Sucre There are now eight depart
mcnts in the republic Of Bolivia-C hugui
SAGA, La Paz, Cochabamha, PotoSi. Aruro.
Santa Cruz. TariIa and Fl Benz The de,
paTtments are divided into provinces. and
these Suhiivitied into cantons--Cor. San
Francisco Chronicle
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-02-07
A SOCIETY'S SORROW.
The A. o. L. W. Mourning for the
Founder of the Order. Father John
j Tpehurch


The fraternity of the Ancient Order of
United Workmen is in mourning. This
is because the founder of the order, John
j. Upchurch, is dead Out of respect TO
his memory an order has been issued that
all lodge-rooms OF the fraternity in Rock
Island as elsewhere, shall be draped in
mourning for period OF six weeks.
Father Upchurcn was born in Franklin
county. North Caroliua, May 26, 1920
At an early age he became a machinist
and was brought in close contact with
the toilers of earth. Believing that work
ingmen should be banded together in a
benevolent order, he founded the a. o.
[. ". at Meadyille, Pa, in 1868. The
membership of this fraternity has become
very extensive. Rock Island has four
subordinate lodges and one legion of the
select knights, the advanced degree of
the order
Father Upehurch, as heretofore stated,
died from pneumonia at his home, Steele~
vile, Mo- and his remains were followed
to the tomb by thousands il St. Louis on
January %. delegations of the order
having been present from all the sur
rounding country The February mum.
Der of the AHch0r and Shield, the organ
in Illinois, dressed in mourning. bears the
founders picture and devotes about three
pages to his memory.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-02-07
PICTORIAL ART IN THE PRESS.
An Etcher's Career-Demand for Comic
Cartoon work-Keppler.


The death of James A. Wales, the car
toonist, calls to mind how sudden has been
the development of the branch of art he
represented and how great the prosperity
of those concerned in it in this country.
| had a friend who once put every dollar
of a considerable fortune in q factory for
making hair nets for women. A month
later the Empress Eugene decided TO do
up her hair with pins, and my friend
couldn't get rid of his factory as gift.
Exactly the contrary was the case OF Mr.
V. Gribayedoff, who came to this town an
accomplished etcher and with taste for
drawing He could not have drawn for
the newspapers then if he had wanted TO
for nothing War maps and portraits of
desperate criminals were the only forms
of pictorial art then known in the press.
Suddenly-only the other day, as it
seems-pictorial press associations were
formed for supplying the papers of the
country with portraits and sketches of
notable persons and things. The most
enterprising of the city dailies elaborated
the idea TO embrace the widest range of
illustrations. Gribayedoff found himself
so much in demand that he coul1 scarcely
get time for sleep. W A. McDougall and
his apt associate Mr.. Felson, were drafted
from the art world, and even such man
as C. j. Taylor, of Puck, who has won
honors at the academy, was pulled at
| times into this newspaper work
Almost as rapid has been the demand
for comic and cartoon work. The Amerl-
can cartoon practically had its birth in
Tweed's time at the hands of man who
could hardly have been called an artist,
so rudely did he draw But he had the
faculty for Selling public attention with
| vigorous cartoons upon the follies and
abuses Of the hour, and these were more
| telling than speech or writing. Then
came Joseph Keppler with his humor,
| his artistic sense and training and his
| bold grasp of timely subjects. After that,
| Life, and now the revivified Judge, to say
| nothing of Snaps and Chic and other
| hasty consumptives that always figure in
| the field The demand for artists for
| these weeklies far exceeds the supply,
| and possibly half OF those who now illus
! trate these papers are little better quail
| fed so far as artistic schooling is con
cerned, than the progenitor of their craft
| in this country. Such a one was he,
| Wales, who knew what 10 draw rather
| than how to draw, and in his time was as
| prosperous as the rest, though he could
not stand good luck as well as they.
But, good or bad, trained or crude,
these men are all doing vastly well. The
newspaper artists have mentioned make
from S, 900 to s, 600 apiece. or more than
twice the pay of any reporters whose sto
ries they illustrate, except one. Thoma:
Mast gets so, 900 a year, Keppler is worth
S250. 900. and the comic artists are eithel
partners in or very ably salaried depend
ents upon very prosperous concerns
| New York Cor Kansas City Times.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-02-07

The Lillian Lewis engagement al
Hrpers theatre closed Saturday with the
presentation ct The Lady of Lyons. -
Though entirely different from the other
plays, produced during the week. The
Lady of Lyons" with Miss Lewis as
''Pauine" was produced admirably The
sappof; was good, Mr.. Walter Owen
Nj Dempsey, Mr.. Siepheas and Miss
iHman being particularly strong.
The company left for Muscatine this
morning 10 charge Of Manager Knen,
who vii rem45a Eith Them during the
FIST week out returning to Rock Island
NEXT Sunday morning. and in the even
ing the comPanF leaves for Lacrosse.
when Mr. Lee viii take VI knell's place
The company then makes q toar througt
the northwest ami southwest MIR P :
Natiox left for Lacrosse last night 10
arrange for the companys appearance
there.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-02-07
Obituary.

Saturday night at haif-past 10 o'clock,
occurred the death of Miss Katie Dolan
LiIlis. at the residence Of Mr. John Liliis.
Davenport She was born in Rock
Island in 1851, aud WIS the daugh-
ter of James aHd Mary Dolan. Her
mother died when she was only few
weeks old. and sac was adopted by her
uncle Mr.. Liilis. and she was raised in
his home as a daughter. She was edu-
Gated ct the Sisters academy She was
first taken i'll with chiIIs and malarial
feger last August. which at last settled
81 irr lungs and was the Cause of her
death The funeral took place this
nss-raaz at 9 o'clock, with services st
s.. HsrguerItes cathedral
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-02-07
HEARrLEss CRUELTY

il is to delude poor sufferer into the belief
that some worthless liniment will cure rheu-
matism and neuralgia. Honesty is the best
policy in the manufacture ofproprietary ar
ticles as in all other matters, and the fact that
the proprietors of Athlophoros have never
claimed for it even all its merit would war
rant has not little to do with itswonderful
popularity, and the thousands of grateful
testimonials received by them show that
their policy has been wise as well as right.
Experience has amply demonstrated
that mere outward applications are worth
less. The disease has its seat in the blood,
and any remedy to be successful must deal
with the obstructive acid which poisons
and infiames it.
Athlophoros acts on the blood, muscles
and joints directly. 1t takes the poison
out of the blood and carries it out of the
system; it invigorates the action of the
muscles and hmbers the stiffness of the
Joints. 1t reaches the liver and kidneys,
cleansing them from irritating substances,
and, if followed up after the rheumatic
conditions cease. it will restore these organs
to regularity and health.
Decatur, Ill.
will Just saw for the good of any per-
son that NAV be afflicted with rheumatism
that have had it very severely, and have
used Athlophoros and found relief almost
at the first dose. S.'B. MCCLELLAND.
Rev. A. T Orr, pastor of the NJ. f.
Church, Paris, Ill, says: "Yes, used
Athlophoros for neuralgia in the back part
of my head. 1t was very painful and dis
tressing complaint, but a dose or two Of
Athlophoros always gave immediate relief,
l am now entirely free from the complaint.
Many times would have been incapaci-
tated for duty had ! not had Athlophoros.
Every druggist should keep Athlophoros
and Athlophoros Pills, but where they can
not be bought of the druggist the Athlo-
phoros Co., ll2 Wall St, New York, will
send either Carriage paid on receipt Of
regular price, which is Sl00 per bottle
for Athlophoros and SOC. for Pills.
For liver and kidney diseases, dyspepsia, in
digestion, weakness, nervous debility, diseases
of women. constipation. headache, impure
blood, SC, Athlophoros Pills are unequaled- 6
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-02-07
RAILWAY TRAVEL N ENGLAND.
A Great Contrast to American Methods.
Irving to Find the night Carriage.

ENGAGEMENTS to play in Manchester,
Liverpool. Glasgow. Weymouth and Ex-
eter followed my London appearance, and,
of course, involved considerable experience
of British railways What a contrast in
their methods to those of America, To
get into carriage at all is often to men
matter of blows and elbows, and women
are not infreauently left standing on the
platform for the next train. When you
do get in, as a Stranger 10 the stations,
where are You to get out; No tickets
are collected until you are of the train,
and Your neighbors either do not know
themselves or more likely are too gruff 10
answer. Only ut each stopping place the
guard rushes to and fro in the noise and
hustle CRYING something in the unrecog-
niZablc manner of his class i'll all countries.
Even a glass of water is only TO he OBJ
tanned by leaving the train which includes
the risk of not getting on again
Having occasion TO do this once. l took
the precaution of looking at the number
Of my carriage, 81. On returning found
rs, but 81 was on neither side of it. On
the contrary, the numbers ran. as the
people did, in every direction but the
right As ! was plying a poor hatless
fellow. who had seized a guard by the
shoulder with where's my wife," /
heard plaintive voice in my ear saying:
please will you show me 51''' On look
ing in the direction of the voice found
one of pair of interesting girls who had
shared this mysterious number with me,
standing with a glass of water i'll her
hand. The train at this time seemed
about TO start No guard in sight to ques-
ton; the little maid herself looked faint.
| seized her with one hand. the glass OF
water with the other. sped Sc and the
door of the next carriage standing open.
In | jumped, to find it was No. II. oc
cupied by two severely prim and aston
ished looking old ladies, who Immediately
began calling. Guard So did !, for
had left my sachel in the other carriage
| The girl began to CRY for her sister. saying
oh she viii think am left behind s.
| out once more ON 10 the platform, spillinl
| the water over one Of the old ladies' who
in louder and more indignant tones. agair
| called Guard | seconded her appeal
| The bystanders joined in the hue and cry
| and the guard finally arrived. found tn
| carriage, which had been switched TO an
| other part of the train in our absence
| pushed us in. united Us respectively 10 los
bag and anxious sister. and banged tn,
| doors with an all right" as the TRAN
moved of But it was not all right, for
poor woman, who brought to my mind TIL
| typical Mrs Brown. rushed TO the guar,
as We left the station. screaming at tn
| top Of her voice: stop lt-where'
twenty can't find it; and there
! my bird cage and my band box insider'-
Kate Reynolds Winslow in Boston Her
| ALL